New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-22
puGRIMS' SONS REJOICE.
OWNER or BROOKLYN NEw-ENGLANDLRS.
.,rvcurs BY NERAL sHrRMAN. GENERAL POR-
rrR 2 ESIDENT DWIGnT AND N1nE =.

.,rvcurs BY G NERAL SHERMAN. GENERAL FOR
TER p rsIDE>T DwIGnT AND o1HE's.
With champagne and music and everything that
,d tempt tho appetite in hall bedcckod with fOw-
- and banners, the New England Society OF Brook
,r last night celebrated thu heroic courage, stern
crimes and frugal habits of tho Pilgrim Fathers No
pan0uo Ike ghost OF Pilgrim father materialzcd to
coolest against the mode of celcrs tion aud the after
dinner orators commended the example Of the PHI
srims TO their descendants. and tn, descendants re
,oocd that tn progress made In the 2G7 years since
tbe pilgrims landed enabled thcm to take life much
easier. especially in the matter of frugal habits
The banquet held In the Art and Assembly
cooms Montague-st. Nearly 800 sat down at the Ia
HES John Winsiow, the president of the society, dis
charged tho .uticS of toaStm with tact and good
Judgment. 1h,Se at the guest iabc wero General
sherman senator Ilawcy, the Kov. Dr. Timothy
nvirbt president of Yale College General Horace
portor the Rev. pr. L. T. Chamberlain, the Rev. Dr.
A. Farl,y. l. njamn d. Silliman. Mayor elect Alfred
C. Chaplin and Mayor Hunter
,monc Others present were: General benjamin +.
Tracy Ethan Allen Doty, Andrew ID. Band Thomas
Pearsail Gordon l.. Ford. Ripley Ropes, William II.
Williams sidney V. Lowell, General Stewart L. " ood-
Gard. Henry T. Pcrropont, Samuel Win>low, Joseph
+ Knapp, Calvin l. Plat, Henry W Maxwell, W. b.
Dowd James :. Case Henry W. Hunt, Charles n. Man
chester illam H. Nichols, Edward +. Gaylor, J. 3
T. stranahan and samuel ). Beard
John Winsiow made tho opening address, which was
brimful Of Wit and sood humor and jokes at the cX-
penso Of the Pilgrim fathers which pleased everybody
and hurt nobody. But much appreciated as any
thing was a Little statistical gemIo The elect that tho
society had over $4,000 in its treasury.
Then came the trst regular toast OF tho evening,
the President oi tho United states 1t Vas drunk with
enthusi but when somebody proposed three cheers
for Grover Cleveland the IUnso was 10y no means
unanimous
GIN. IA, SHERMAN DID MOI STICK To HIS 1EXE
General Sherman who is getting to be as noted as
an aiter-dinncr speaker as he hghcr, had 10
respond to the next toast "A Cordial welcome to
General sherman" lie slipped out ol an cmDarlaSs-
.ns situation 10y dcsortins has text entirety, ana III
stead of talhng about himself told no" tho New Eng
landcrS anlma,cd by the spirit Oi adventure ana COM
mercc, sproau out westward, whipped tho Indians
whenever necessary, settled nc" states ana hauo
the business pay. hoped ina, whic ,OmIcihoia'
liz oi the llieilm 1a,nciS they "oua ho'
forget those vi tlcif SONS ana bi""uoolS WIN O ~
the newer Now- siani vi ti'o West.
General nulaco loIer was 10 40 Justice 10
E1he CiuLon SO.doI = As UCn-IaI loi'cf u'p''''"
him. the citlz,n so4uicr Was roii"ihaOiy iu'"! i'
sd the ccuul.nt of the lii-tAis ld"e"ou d. nam "
be..t that some of them woro throa'enod wan apPo
pcA, 49, mic On his les, General IOtcr dsohdi ga
al !mces at vi Jones a. i-ah niIo"' I'" V'
bul4uts from Calling sum- and ever! ono ' enc I'"N
yhe Lcy lyr iJw..nt spuk5 for tho schOOis ANA
colleges OF saud-,ne Fathers iou"d,d t"c'H III
the eai4y day tioy hcpt aNc IN span oI INC
atAcrs IN tie ldIcr ia! az i'"'o'' -N ,a, hc
al an Iuui.at4On Mhch TIC s"'J g. 'I"
- Ia ,ucah aLou wa s,nt HIM that Ia nccdnt LICK
to his text, and Ii proposed to a,an MN ", =. ' tSc
nuXiir-. - d p.cUoct-~Urs had done. ih'H 10 inc
-hmcn ana d-iIs4t OF cNcfS BODY Df Nv s I"
81 a Ia pla, the role # huHOn>i AM dcN,iopoI
onaItc. ia hat lin which a,>!uuouNi| ch'Ndtrd
ali cause haunccy NJ. D,p'w and OcH. raj IOIlcf
e. look 10 IN IL laurcis some udy. MAI h' uc,c"rt
snts fmul vent Tor some pathetic cniE '>laSm u!
ins NV Country. It's OF Ihce.
sopry THY wrE. NoT B0RN II CONNrCIiCUf
Then senator IaV ley spoke for Connecticut after
a fashion which made all present who had not had the
good fortune to bc borne there feel hat tate had uca'
hardly with them and that the Pilgrim Fathers showed
nuuardonatly bad TASTE in not landing somewhere In
Connecticut. instead of at Ply mOdth ROCK
The Rev. Ir Chamberlain spohe ioi Inc Iul-
fans and Pilgrim lucalsts," ana ttuch TO hN tcAt
iron Lc.inuln, 10 ond. naming an go Vn'i ana IN
ra.siou.d ad,li,s>. MayOrclcCt chaplin Was hd'u.
r.l!Y selected to sound the praise ol th' 'IS Oh
IrootHu.~ lie thought thai u one 81 i!Ost tc.h
men of the I,ibr and mU>hci' 'od.d IcHlnIhH!
apLcar on the he would rejoice AT ihc '.dcnc N
oi coinfoit and pros Gritty around him. but thai ne
would turn from ;h~ Injuries and lnacfiai anu cHchN
which would Dcscr him on every hand Inc ucs'thu-
ants evidently Thought that shOs 'hai M'ud lcAaNc
thai way ought never TO be invited TO New England
Society ban iUct.
When Tho sister Societies. had been toasted the
descendants went home well pleased with their an
cestoIs but sim better pleased with themselves